Militant/Sam ManuelJan. 2 Constellium picket line in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. Over 400 members of United Steelworkers Local 200 here have struck major aluminum beverage can recycle company Constellium since Dec. 15. Workers on the picket line said the company wants to gut seniority, giving bosses complete control over who works when and where.
They said they’re determined to defend their union. “I’m the third generation in my family to work here. I come from a strong union family. If I crossed the line my daddy would kick my butt and my granddaddy would come back to haunt me,” Kevin Clement said with a chuckle.